Pre-Ap English Vocab #1
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| 198486189 | Altruistic | showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others | |
| 198486190 | Ambivalent | having contray feelings or attitudes, uncertain as to course of action | |
| 198486191 | Angular | lean; sharp cornered; gaunt | |
| 198486192 | Arrogant | overbearingly assuming; insolently proud | |
| 198486193 | Aversion | strong dislike | |
| 198486194 | Discern | to differentiate between two or more things | |
| 198486195 | Disdain | intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy | |
| 198486196 | Disparage | to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner | |
| 198486197 | Disparity | inequality, the condition or fact of being unequal in age, rank, or degree | |
| 198486198 | Embellish | to decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation | |
| 198486199 | Engender | to cause, to produce, to create | |
| 198486200 | Innocuous | harmless, producing no injury | |
| 198486201 | Insipid | boring and stupid | |
| 198486202 | Lament | to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner | |
| 198486203 | Laud | to praise, to extol | |
| 198486204 | Obscure | difficult to see, vague | |
| 198486205 | Ostentatious | showy, pretentious | |
| 198486206 | Prodigal | wasteful, a person given to extravagance | |
| 198486207 | Repudiate | to reject, to disown, to disavow | |
| 198486208 | Reticence | restraint in speech, reluctance to speak | |
| 198486209 | Revere | to honor, to regard with respect | |
| 198486210 | Serene | calm, placid | |
| 198486211 | Subtle | delicate, elusive, not obvious | |
| 198486212 | Superfluous | beyond what is needed or required, an overflow | |
| 198486213 | Tactiturn | quiet, not verbose |